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Article ON FREEMASONRY. THE NUMBER THREE. ← Page 11 of 16 →
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On Freemasonry. The Number Three.
and it is a question whether the first person in the triad was esteemed to be the true God , or only an emanation from the doctrine of an endless succession of worlds ; and consequently a personification of Adam or Noah , who were equally worshipped under the common name of Brahma , or
the creative power , because the parent of mankind ; for Brahma was onl y a created being . In truth , Brahma appears to have been Adam or Noah ; and the triad Brahma—Vishnu—Siva , * expressed by the triliteral monosyllable AUM ., was either Abel , Seth , Cain , or Shem , Japheth , Ham ; f for there exist considerable doubts , after
all , whether this being , to whom the rites of Hindu adoration were so devoutl y paid , was not a mere deified mortal . Still there is a difficulty in reconciling this conjecture with the uniform language of their sacred books , which ascribe infinite perfection to each member of the triad . Thus , in the concluding book of the RamayunaVishnu is described
, as " the being of beings—one substance in three forms ; without mode , without quality , without passion ; immense , incomprehensible , infinite , indivisible , immutable , incorporeal , irresistible . His operations no mind can conceive , and his will moves all the inhabitants of the universe , as puppets are moved by strings . " : ! In remembrance of this
triad , they wore a sacred Zennar , or cord of three threads , next their bodies ; whence the number three has been holden by them in the most sacred veneration through every period of their existence as a nation . ( To be continued . )
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On Freemasonry. The Number Three.
and it is a question whether the first person in the triad was esteemed to be the true God , or only an emanation from the doctrine of an endless succession of worlds ; and consequently a personification of Adam or Noah , who were equally worshipped under the common name of Brahma , or
the creative power , because the parent of mankind ; for Brahma was onl y a created being . In truth , Brahma appears to have been Adam or Noah ; and the triad Brahma—Vishnu—Siva , * expressed by the triliteral monosyllable AUM ., was either Abel , Seth , Cain , or Shem , Japheth , Ham ; f for there exist considerable doubts , after
all , whether this being , to whom the rites of Hindu adoration were so devoutl y paid , was not a mere deified mortal . Still there is a difficulty in reconciling this conjecture with the uniform language of their sacred books , which ascribe infinite perfection to each member of the triad . Thus , in the concluding book of the RamayunaVishnu is described
, as " the being of beings—one substance in three forms ; without mode , without quality , without passion ; immense , incomprehensible , infinite , indivisible , immutable , incorporeal , irresistible . His operations no mind can conceive , and his will moves all the inhabitants of the universe , as puppets are moved by strings . " : ! In remembrance of this
triad , they wore a sacred Zennar , or cord of three threads , next their bodies ; whence the number three has been holden by them in the most sacred veneration through every period of their existence as a nation . ( To be continued . )